Eh... I dunno. I've been such a Burton fan in the past that I am willing to give him lots of chances. I'm a hard fan to lose, unless I find out that you are secretly a hard-core right wingnut. I'm still disappointed about Adam Baldwin.

And, while I'll admit I wouldn't have used the word "sexy" to describe Sweeney Todd, I wouldn't have used it to describe the Doctor befoe 2005, either. I can be adabtable :)

I'm also worried about the singing. I don't recall being at all impressed with HBC's singing voice in The Corpse Bride, and while I understand Johnny can sing, he himself has expressed reservations about whether he can do the part justice. These are both IMMENSELY difficult roles to sing, and I'd hate to see it ruined because Tim Burton had to cast his girlfriend and his pet actor.

I never even bothered to see the movie version of Phantom of the Opera because the guy they cast as the phantom had NO singing experience, and wasn't remotely up to the part.

Actually, Gerard Butler was alright as The Phantom. For having virtually no singing experience, he did very well and fit in well with my understanding of the overall concept Joel Schumacker and Andrew Lloyd Webber were going for for the film adaptation.

That having been said, I did have to feel bad for the guy when he went hoplessly flat on the last note he sang in the film--but that seemed to be the only flaw I could see in his performance. I had more complaints about being totally unable to develop any sort of sympathy for Emmy Rossum and whoever that Broadway doofus was they had playing Raoul.

Sondheim is simply a genius. And, you know, I don't think he ever decreed that Todd couldn't be pretty. He just hasn't been, traditionally. As long as he's crazy and bleak enough, I can go with pretty.